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| Creator: | Orgill, Edmund |
| Title: | Anonymous in Memphis, Tennessee to Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee |
| Date: | 1956 Feb. 29 |
| Description: | Letter written February 29, 1956 to Edmund Orgill, mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. The anonymous letter was written in response to Mayor Orgill's request for citizen comment on putting an African American on the board of John Gaston Hospital. The unnamed citizen accuses Orgill of being a "Negro lover" and reminds him that there is still a Ku Klux Klan presence in Memphis. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | Orgill, Edmund | Mayors--Tennessee--Memphis | Civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.)--Politics and government | Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations | Race relations | Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis | Hospital trustees--Tennessee--Memphis | Racism--Tennessee--Memphis | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.) | Shelby County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Edmund Orgill Papers |
| Institution: | Memphis Public Library's Memphis and Shelby County Room |
| Contributors: | Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room | Volunteer Voices (Project) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices in association with the Memphis Public Library | 2007-07-12 |
| Original Material: | Edmund Orgill Papers, Ms. 87, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000814 |
